I found a very helpful JSFL Batch Compile script snippet but am having trouble executing it. I need to covert 1000+ FLA?s to SWF?s for a massive project we are doing. Opening flash and exporting them all is a little unrealistic. I located a JSFL script to batch compile an entire folder, bu...more >>

hi everybody, did anyone try a CSS example which is a part of flash8? I did but it seems it does not work (???) FLASH8 > HELP > Learning AS 2.0 in Flash > An example of using styles with HTML ... there is a step by step tutorial. I did it, I have checked it three times but it is not working...more >>

Hello to all, I have an XML file with various headlines... each headline consists of a title, image path, and link. I've created the ActionScript below, which can pull a single XML headline, but I need to it go through all of them and then, if possible, loop back around. Can anyone point m...more >>

Hello, Im stuck! I used a tutorial on kirupa.com that teaches you how to dynamicly load text from a notepad file into a scroll box! Heres the tutorial http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dynamic_scroller.htm Which is all good, except when I put the scrollbar into a movieclip that was ...more >>

I am using XMLConnector to read from an XML file. This works OK. Now I like to change the contents of the XML file directly from flash (not via PHP). How can I do that? Is there a tutorial for this somewhere? Thanks! ...more >>

I am creating an activity which involves political cartoon analysis. I have five different words associated with topics in the cartoon. Users can drag the topic to the appropriate area of the cartoon and drop it on the area. When a user drops the topic, they get a brief description of the t...more >>

Hello, I am trying to figure out how to keep the release state of a button the same after being clicked on so far i have created a(n) Up, Over and Down state plus entered a script that would allow text to be displayed as the pointer is passed over the button as follows: on(rollOver){ tell...more >>

Is it posible to create a button with actionscript and assign code to it?...more >>

I am sure there is a simple solution to this problem, but I can't seem to find it. I would like to have a movieclip that is triggered by a button to rotate the mc a full rotation clockwise and stops then when the user rolls over the button and when it rolls out it rotates one full rotation...more >>

I am working with Flash 8. I have a Flash file that uses a dynamic text box that is populated from an external file. I want a scrollbar (UIScrollBar?) to show when the text within that text box is too long to be displayed in its entirety. I want the scroll bar to hide when the text is short en...more >>

Hi. Someone gave me this code to hide some features in flash site when viewed: fscommand("showmenu", false); I was told to put it in the first frame yet i doesn't work. Do you have any idea how to use it? ...more >>

I've got a presentation I'm building with slides and I've got a combobox that I'd like to use to let the viewer skip around between sections. I've created a listener to handle the combobox, but the problem I've got is that gotoslide seems to only work with an actual slide name - not a variable...more >>

If there's a way to control pages with Flash, there's a way to show and hide layes with Flash. I tried everything I know, but it's not enough. I tried using a behavior, but that didn't work either. Here's what I want it to do. I got 5 DIV layers, 5 navigation buttons (EX: Link1 Link2 Link3 etc...more >>

I have a referencing problem! I want to load an external swf into an empty clip and then control movie clips within it using buttons on the main timeline. The instance name of the movieclip that contains the loaded file is "movieHolder", and the instance name of movie clip inside the loade...more >>

I only have startDrag on the main 4 text scroller mc called "Slider" and on scroll_4 image band mc called "dragger". So you have no problem scrolling the text and the images simultaneously? I still have no luck. ...more >>

http://http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=2 88&threadid=1100325 I'm setting up a navigation movie, where the main nav objects Tween up/down depending on what's going on around them. Basically, I'm using a MainNav class to define open/close methods. Eve...more >>

I want to load an external swf and allow 25% of it to preload before playing. But I'm having a few difficulties. i have the following code: Frame1: loadMovieNum("la_video.swf", 1) _level1._visible = false Frame 2: PercentLoaded = _level1.getBytesLoaded()/_level1.getBy...more >>

basically, i dont want my game to open in a bigger window then it was intended to be when it opens on the internet... it makes the graphics that i have imported look bad...when the user clicks on a button to open the game in another window, i dont want them to be able to resize...and the wind...more >>

I have created 5 movies in their own layer, but they are visible on my base layer ( i dragged them on as graphics - converted them to a movie). They have invisible buttons over the top that load them. I've changed my mind and now want the movies to be invisible as well. I've seen 'movie clip ...more >>

Hi All, If anyone has any ideas I would love the help. My movie has (potentially) 170 buttons in it. Each button is a simple vector shape. I am making the buttons now. Rather than painstakingly set the Out and Over colors for each button, I would like to assign a global value for all b...more >>

I'm using an XML connector and a Dataset (resquery_ds) to import/display data in a DataGrid (resourceList). Everything works fine but what annoys me is that the first row of the DataGrid is already hightlighted. I tried to get rid of this, using this code: resquery_ds.addEventListener("a...more >>

if (data1.firstChild.childNodes.childNodes[1].firstChild == itemId) { } these two give the same value when I trace them 4==4 but flash still says they are false I've also tried this if (Number(data1.firstChild.childNodes.childNodes[1].firstChild ==Number( itemId)) { } this still does...more >>

I am using dynamic text for scrolling text: onClipEvent (load){ TextBox ="<FONT FACE=\"Arial\" SIZE=\"10.5\">Celica Marketing Ltd<br>1st Floor, Central House,<br>50-58 Jamaica Street,<br>Glasgow G1 4QG <br><br>t 0141 221 9521<br>f 0141 248 7027<br><br>Managing Director<br>nicci@celica...more >>

Hi, I want to controll the volume of Microphone input by a volume slider. Can anyone help me to do this ? ...more >>

I will use very high resolution image in my flash project (around 6000x4000px). It will be opened in the middle part of my movie as full resolution (and according to the resoulition of flash movie, that much area will be shown), and i will move it (by dragging, or with scrolls, or with arrow b...more >>

I have the next problem: From a MySQL table I have the variable 'msg'. If I have with the Text tool a dynamic textfield creating and in the field 'Var' write 'msg', the textfield is show the msg variable without problems. But is I have creating a textfield with 'createTextField' command the me...more >>

I got a fla file that I supposed to translate some txt to another languge. When I test the movie it got an output error. Can't find the lmc_tween.as file. Then I got the movietween.mpx file and installed it. Then the lmc_tween error dissapeared. This still happen even if I don't do anythi...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a script that will load a random swf when the page loads, then load another random swf when the first has finished, and so on, so that a pool of swf files are repeated at random. For the purposes of the example, I'm working with three files: loader.swf one.swf ...more >>

how can i create i simple form in flash so i can send an email; ...more >>

I have a movie that use attachMovie to insert buttons (Button_MC) to the stage. Every new (child) button (MC) get instance names as an array like: button1, button2, button3, button4 ... button9. Inside the Button_MC there are a function - so every button1, button2... button9 have the same func...more >>

I have been following a tutorial ( http://www.maxpc.co.uk/tutorials/de...ubsectionid=524 ) on creating a side scrolling driving game. The actionscript, however, depends on a 'library.as' file which I think (but can't be sure), may contain a method to generate oil slicks and tyre obstruct...more >>

Hi there Does anyone know how to do a REAL CROSSFADE using actionscripting. Most tuts use: alphaTween = new mx.transitions.Tween(thisLoader, "_alpha", mx.transitions.easing.Regular.easeOut, 0, 100, _global.fadetime, true); This is NOT a true crossfade but bringing an image in front of anot...more >>

Can I check if the _currentframe is equal to a frame label ? In the following code, I would rather write _currentframe == "lastPict" . In this case, frame 42 is my last picture, but not the end of my movie. next_btn.onRelease = function() { if(_currentframe == 42) { gotoAndStop(...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a script that will load a random swf when the page loads, then load another random swf when the first has finished, and so on, so that a pool of swf files are repeated at random. For the purposes of the example, I'm working with three files: loader.swf one.swf two....more >>

I have this picture that dissapears (enterFrame) that... dissapears, which I want, this is the ActionScript: onClipEvent (enterFrame) { _visible = false; } But in the ActionScript of my button I tell it to make that visibility true, but then the picture just dissapears again. Here's...more >>

hey please help someone. In a website i am trying to attach a movie clip to the stage to present some information. I use this code from a tutorial to do that. on (press) { this.attachMovie("mypopmc", "window", 1); window._x = 500; window._y = 380; } this works fine and the MC co...more >>